Biographies

Ms. Athena Kartsaklis is Principal Financial and Accounting Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Chief Compliance Officer, Corporate Controller of the Company. She is a Canadian chartered professional accountant and U.S. certified public accountant and has over 25 years of experience in conducting audits and managing financial reporting and reviewing internal controls. Before joining the Company as corporate controller in May 2017, Ms. Kartsaklis served as a senior vice president of SkyWave Mobile Communications Inc. since December 2013, managing financial reporting, budget and forecast process and audit and other accounting matters. Ms. Kartsaklis was the manager, financial reporting at Alterna Savings, Ottawa, Canada, from September 2012, mainly responsible for financial and administrative reporting. From 1992 to September 2012, Ms. Kartsaklis worked at Deloitte, Hadjipavlou, Sofianos & Cambanis S.A., Athens Greece (Member of Deloitte & Touche International), and became a partner in 2000, overseeing and performing audits and advising clients on audit and accounting matters. Ms. Kartsaklis received a bachelor of commerce degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Mr. Tomer Kariv is Director of the Company. In addition to his role at The Pontifax Group, Mr. Kariv also serves as an active board member of many of the funds' portfolio companies. Mr. Kariv holds a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Mr. David S. Rector is Additional Independent Director of Levon Resources Ltd. Mr. Rector has extensive experience in directorship and audit committee roles. Currently, he serves as a director and member of the compensation and audit committee of the Dallas Gold and Silver Exchange Companies Inc. Mr. Rector has been a director of Sevion Therapeutics Inc. ("Sevion") since February 2002, and the interim Chief Executive Officer of Sevion since January 5, 2015. Prior to becoming the interim Chief Executive Officer of Sevion, as an independent director, Mr. Rector served on the audit committee and was the chair of the compensation committee. From January 2014 to January 2015, Mr. Rector was the Chief Operating Officer and a director of MV Portfolios, Inc. Since 1985, Mr. Rector has been the Principal of The David Stephen Group, which provides enterprise consulting services to emerging and developing companies in a variety of industries. Mr. Rector has previously served as an executive officer and a member of the board of directors of numerous other public and private companies. As a result of these professional and other experiences, Mr. Rector has a deep business understanding of developing companies and brings a wealth of corporate governance experience. Mr. Rector received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business/Finance from Murray State University in 1969.

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